Developing a Culture of Evidence-Based Practice

Discussion – Week 10
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Developing a Culture of Evidence-Based Practice
As your EBP skills grow, you may be called upon to share your expertise with others. While EBP practice is often conducted with unique outcomes in mind, EBP practitioners who share their results can both add to the general body of knowledge and serve as an advocate for the application of EBP.
In this Discussion, you will explore strategies for disseminating EBP within your organization, community, or industry.

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To Prepare:
Review the Resources and reflect on the various strategies presented throughout the course that may be helpful in disseminating effective and widely cited EBP.
This may include: unit-level or organizational-level presentations, poster presentations, and podium presentations at organizational, local, regional, state, and national levels, as well as publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Reflect on which type of dissemination strategy you might use to communicate EBP.
By Day 3 of Week 10
Post at least two dissemination strategies you would be most inclined to use and explain why. Explain which dissemination strategies you would be least inclined to use and explain why. Identify at least two barriers you might encounter when using the dissemination strategies you are most inclined to use. Be specific and provide examples. Explain how you might overcome the barriers you identified.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Developing a Culture of Evidence-Based Practice
Dissemination is the conveying of information and intervention resources to specific target groups such as public health professionals and | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT | of dissemination include increasing the spread of evidence, increasing the target audience’s ability to utilize and apply evidence, and increasing the motivation to utilize and apply | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT | strategy choice depends on the source, audience, message, and channel. The best choice of dissemination strategy will be the one that connects the relevant stakeholders with the evidence.
Dissemination Strategies I would be Most Inclined to Use
The first dissemination strategy I would be most | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT | to use would be issue or policy briefs. A brief is a synopsis of research evidence in an abbreviated format that contains infographics, tables, and charts targeting my audience of policymakers and public health practitioners. The reason for using this strategy is that it has been successful…